Dream of Order
May 4, 2008 at 4:43 pm
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In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast;
In doubt his mind or body to prefer;
Born but to die, and reasoning but to err;
Alike in ignorance, his reason such,
Whether he thinks too little, or too much:
Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;
Still by himself abused, or disabused;
Created half to rise, and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled:
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
- Alexander Pope , Essay on Man, Epistle II
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” Caprices & Bach Variations ”
01. Paganini - Caprices No. 2 in B Minor
Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1, Kaler, Ilya (Naxos, 1994)
02. Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Glenn Gould. The Complete Goldberg Variations (1955 & 1981) (2002)
03. Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, Variatio 4 A 1 Clav
Glenn Gould. The Complete Goldberg Variations (1955 & 1981) (2002)
04. Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, Variatio 24 A 1 Clav. Canone All’Ottava
Glenn Gould. The Complete Goldberg Variations (1955 & 1981) (2002)
05. Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G major K.146
17 sonate per pianoforte
06. Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: Gigue
Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, Mstislav Rostropovich (1995)
07. Luigi Boccherini - Quintet in C Major N.9 (G. 453): 3. Allegretto
Three Quintets for Guitar (1971)
note: A request list. For busy exam time, I like something with absolute order and a lot of repetition. It’s my form of regression, that everything has beginning and some determined order. Perfect elegance in structure. If there is time I believe one can learn by simply absorption, this is it. Duck tape your iPod and the songs will migrate to your head sooner or later. (but they say too much order is what causes psychotic mind. so …)
ps. speaking of order, posting will be a little erratic, since everybody is busy or not having steady connection. We’ll be back at full speed soon enough. Summer is almost here.
image: Windpomp
Of the three records that comprise this set, the latter two focus, principally, on the ‘81 re-recording of the Variations —the recording itself, from May, on the second disc, and an interview with music critic Tim Page, on the third, taped a month before the pianist’s death in August, topped off with outtakes from ‘55. Gould seems well pleased with his most recent Variations, and one has the sense that this is an artist fully believing, rightly or wrongly, that he has at last captured what he wanted to say. The interview is odd, and Gould even provided a script for the men to follow that begins with a third-rate comedy bit, Gould referring to himself as “Sir John,” in attendance to discuss his film, Bridge on the River Hudson. But to listen to the interview that follows, and then to go back and take in the ‘81 Variations, is to be confronted with a visage that fuses one to one’s chair, rather than be forced out of it with glee, as with the earlier Variations.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=14121
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach:_The_Goldberg_Variations
Some awesome clips
Julian Bream self-duet - Luigi Boccherini - Fandango
Gould plays Goldberg Variations var25
Aria (Glenn Gould)
GG interview Tim Paige (3 parts)